Kairi didn't know what happened after the World of Destiny Island fell into Darkness; all she could remember was having a splitting headache, and holding Sora in her arms as they were sucked into the orb in the sky. The next thing Kairi knew was her falling into an ocean and passing out from the pain. The weather of this world felt different from the warm and tranquil Destiny Island. The surrounding rain felt like she was in a hurricane, and the waves were relentless as she was getting battered and pounded by the rough waters, as in an instance she was under the waters.
"Hey, little girl, are you ok?" A voice called out as Kairi opened her eyes. Her eyes were woozy as the Auburn girl tried coming to her senses. Kairi noticed two people in front of her, a woman in a blue diving suit and a heavy-set man in more tactical gear. Everything felt weird when Kairi tried to stand; it felt like she was on a boat, and her view of the world kept spinning like she had been spun around one too many times for her liking.
"Where am I?" Kairi said, looking at the duo beside her. As she looked around, she noticed the rough ocean, was beneath her and the sight of a giant ship next to her.
"You're on the Queen, Zenobia. It's an abandoned ghost ship, and unfortunately our next mission, little girl, um, what is your name?" Parker said, looking down at the girl in front of him. She couldn't have been any older than fourteen, and she raised some questions to the pair as he nodded over to his Partner Jill, who had just picked open the lock to the ship.
"Hey, little girl, what my partner is trying to say is, How did you get out here? Where's your parents? Are you ok?" Jill Valentine, asked, examining the girl's pulse, and wondering if it was wise to call to take an unarmed girl into the Zenobia after all, the copter wouldn't be back for at least another hour or more due to the weather.
"My name is Kairi! I don't know how I got out here; one second I was with my best friend, Sora, and then our island got attacked by weird monsters, and then it was sucked up out of nowhere. I'm not sure what I can do to help, but I don't want to be alone out here." Kairi said, looking at the BSAA agents. She could feel the rain continue to soak her clothes; her skin was freezing, and she'd probably get a cold once this was all over.
"Parker, let's move! Kairi inside, it'll probably be better to keep her close. Should make it easier to deal with finding Chris, so Kairi, please do as we say, and everything will be okay." Jill told the group, quickly handing the teen a pistol with one clip full of bullets, making the girl look at her with a look that screamed worried.
"But, um, Jill, I've never used a weapon before outside a wooden sword. Why give me a gun?" Kairi asked the brown-haired woman, who looked at her with a serious look on her face.
"Because if things go south, and we're unable to protect you, you'll be able to protect yourself till we can get back to you!" Parker told Kairi, pulling out a shotgun from his pack. Jill also pulled out her gun but instead looked over to Kairi, who was doing her best to understand the weapon.
The handgun felt heavy in Kairi's hands. Jill helped the young auburn-haired girl with her stance, gripping the weapon, and reloading quickly. It was a good idea, in Kairi's opinion; she needed some training with the weapon, and once she felt ready, the trio entered the old ghost ship. After all, who knew what was lurking inside the Zenobia, whether it was human or something else?
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Sora was nervous as he watched a blonde-haired woman in the wetsuit named Rachel Foley walking in front of him. She had been looking at some sinister and disgusting white stuff that was leaking from a nearby air vent for a good minute, and in Sora's opinion, she wasn't liking it as much as he was.
"So why are you having to do this again?" Sora let out, asking Racheal. As the blonde turned to look at him, Sora turned his head, trying his best not to look at her assets and the nice smile she had.
"I've got to find out what's going on in this place. Well, that's what my boss told me. Although I'm betting it was just a cover-up for something more secretive that my partner Raymond is looking into." Racheal said, showing the spiky-haired teen the mysterious white substance that had coated her gloved hand.
"I guess there's nothing we can do about it?" Sora let out a sigh, sighing that he probably wouldn't be able to find Riku, and Kairi in this giant ship, let alone the fact he didn't know how big the world was going to be. However, before Racheal could respond to Sora, a noise could be heard from the vent. Rachel and Sora quickly backed up as a white monster popped out of the vent. The monster groaned, walking over to them, raising its massive arm at the duo. Sora and Rachel immediately backed up. As anthor of the mysterious white monsters popped out of the vent, they were getting boxed in by the monsters, with only one of them out, through the ghost ship.
Racheal fired several shots into the monster, and Sora hit the thing a few times with his key blade. The monster fell to the floor, quickly moaned, and turned into a mess of ooze and blood on the floor. However, the celebration would have to wait, as several more ooze-like creatures started to come out from everywhere—the floors, the vent, through the door they had entered from.
"Fuck!" Racheal shouted, as she grabbed Sora's left arm and ran with all her might, gripping her pistol tightly, as they ran through hallways upon hallways, and at an unknown level of stairs, Racheal, had to get away from the monsters and protect Sora, sure the kid had a strange sword, and they were together. But that didn't matter. With the monsters appearing around every corner and hallway they entered, Rachael fired the last of her handgun bullets, tossing her gun at one of the monsters in fear, as Sora ran towards the elevator in the middle of the hallway, rapidly pounding the button, wishing it would come faster.
"Come on, Come on, Come on!" Sora said, ready to hit the elevator with his key blade, as the monsters came closer, surrounding him and Racheal. As the doors finally opened, Sora and Racheal quickly booked it inside and slammed a button to take them down to an unknown floor. They thought they'd be safe inside the small metal box, but that was a lie. One of the monsters appeared behind them, swinging its arm towards the group, hitting Racheal in the leg, and Sora in his chest. The brown-haired teen screamed in pain as Rachel tried to limp as fast as possible to get Sora medical help.
"Ah!" Sora yelled, grabbing at his chest. Blood was running down his stomach and onto the floor, The doors opened, as the duo ran deeper into the vast mess of hallways and rooms, they needed to find somewhere to hide, even if it was for a minute, only to find a rundown med bay with destroyed cabinets and shelves, and a large vent, and glass window.
"Hold on, Sora, I've got some medical supplies and painkillers. We'll fix you up, and then get out of this horrible ship," Racheal said, fishing out a bottle of pills and gauze from one of the hip pockets on her wetsuit. Placing them on the ground, as she rested the teen against the wall, Racheal didn't want to say it out loud to Sora, but they were fucked. The monsters were everywhere, and Raymond was on a different part of the ship. Adding to the misery was the fact that the radio was broken when that monster slashed Rachel in the leg.
"I don't want to die, Racheal!" Sora wheezed as he started to cough up blood, making the blond woman panic even more. She had to hurry, grabbing some of the pills and placing them into Sora's mouth, but the teen could barely swallow them, as the pain was too much for him to bear, spitting the meds out in an instance. As the sounds of more monsters echoed in the room, Racheal quickly noticed that multiple monsters were in the room. Quickly picking up Sora to try and run or fight, Sora screamed as the pain of standing felt like he was being cut by razor blades and poured with seawater and lemons.
"Shit!" Sora cursed, tears rolling down his face as more blood poured into the floor. The key blade felt shaky in his hand, falling to the ground in an instant and returning to his right hand in a flash of light. He was going to die; they weren't going to survive another fight with the monsters, let alone escape this room, even if they killed them all.
"Sora, what was your home like?" Racheal said, making Sora look at the woman with a look of confusion and sadness. She was probably asking him about Destiny Island, hoping to find some comfort in their deaths. Sora gave her a sad yet bloody smile.
At least you can say you've got to meet a pretty woman during your vacation, and if you'd like, I'll be your mom, for a moment. If it gives you any comfort before we die?" Racheal whispered as the monsters raised their massive arms, ready to strike the pair down.
"Thank you, Mom!" Sora said, raising the key blade to protect him with the last of his strength, only for the monsters, or Oozes, as they were dubbed by Racheal. They grabbed hold of Racheal; Sora could hear her panting, as the Ooze choked her, opening its mouth to reveal its tongue, sticking the slimy thing into her mouth, and then proceeded to toss the blond into the glass window as blood exploded from Racheal's skull and back. Sora wanted to scream; he wanted to kick the Ooze holding him, but he couldn't, as multiple Oozes held him down, with one of the monsters looking at the key blade in his hand.
Sora tried to scream, but the monster's slime and thick flesh stopped any attempt at screaming. Their tongues were inside his stomach, and one of the monsters put its tongue down his throat, causing Sora to vomit out slime and blood. However, his death wasn't going to be as quick, as Racheal's, no one of the monsters had a different idea to improve upon their ranks. As it took its massive, spiked arm, and slammed it against the key blade, breaking Sora's hand in an instant, as the teen's vision started to get hazy, as Sora could hear footsteps in the distance, and the next thing Sora felt was his back hitting something hard, and the sound of snapping and pounding lingering in his mind, the last thing Sora, could see as he opened his eyes, as the image of Riku.